In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular.
I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.
I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.
I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.
Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.
It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.
As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.
I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.
I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.
I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.